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Ordinance No. 2,300ORDINANCE NO. 2300 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF A STOP SIGN AT A CERTAIN INTERSECTION AND THE POSTING OF A YIELD SIGN AT A CERTAIN INTERSECTION; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00) DOLLARS FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, does declare the following described intersection will no longer be a stop intersection, to -wit: Missouri Street and Wyoming Street Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is authorized and directed to cause the removal of the stop sign at the above described location. Section 3: And further, the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, does declare the following described intersection to be a yield intersection, to -wit: Wyoming Street and Missouri Street Section 4: The Director of Planning and Traffic is authorized and directed to cause the proper sign to be posted at the above described location. Section 5: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of the signs placed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer. 7875 Section 6: Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, and each violation shall constitute a separate offense. Section 7: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days after its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10) days after the passage of this ordinance. INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 25th day of August 1977. TOM GENTRY, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: /A u - NEEL RI HA SON, City Attorney -2-